After the download is complete, start the installation by running the adksetup.exe file.

On the Specify Location screen, choose the location you want to install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 8.1, and then click Next.

On the Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) screen, choose whether or not you want to join and click Next.

IMPORTANT: Although initially you may hesitate to joining any program that sends data to Microsoft, it is actually recommended. The reason is, Microsoft uses this information on how their software is used, along with errors/crashes, issues, etc. to improve them. So if you think about it, the improvements in the interface, usability, functionality, etc. would not come about unless end users joined these programs and allowed Microsoft the opportunity to improve their products. That’s at least my thoughts.

On the License Agreement screen, read the terms and then click Accept.

On the Select The Features You Want To Install screen, obviously select the features you want, then click Install. If you just want to use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) for building and creating Windows deployment images, select the Deployment Tools.

You may notice a few new features compared to the MDT 2013 version of the tool, namely: “Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD)” and “Flashing Tools”. We will explore these in a later post.

The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 10 will first download all the files required, and then initiate the installation.

Once the installation is completed, click Close.

Now that the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 10 prerequisite has been installed, we can move onto the installation of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).

Installing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013

Now that we have the prerequisite (the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit) installed, lets install MDT 2013.

After the download is complete, start the installation by running the MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit2013_x64.msi file.

NOTE: There are 2 different version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit installer, one for x86 and another for x64. If you are unsure which one to install, it is based on your OS architecture. For example, I am installing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2, which is only a 64-bit Operating System. If you are installing it on an Administrator’s workstation (i.e. Windows 7/8/10), check if you are running either the 32-bit or 64-bit version.

On the Welcome screen, click Next.

On the License Agreement screen, read the terms, and check the “I accept the terms in the License Agreement” checkbox, then click Next.

On the Custom Setup screen, you can choose to install the documentation along with the tools and templates. You can also specify the location you want to install to. Make appropriate selections/changes and then click Next.

On the Customer Experience Improvement Program screen, choose whether or not you want to join and click Next.

IMPORTANT: Although initially you may hesitate to joining any program that sends data to Microsoft, it is actually recommended. The reason is, Microsoft uses this information on how their software is used, along with errors/crashes, issues, etc. to improve them. So if you think about it, the improvements in the interface, usability, functionality, etc. would not come about unless end users joined these programs and allowed Microsoft the opportunity to improve their products. That’s at least my thoughts.